A Sunday Kind of Love: Raise Your Glasses

Then my MOH (who had recovered well enough from her brief sickness during the ceremony) was called to make the first toast of the night. Unfortunately I don’t have the exact text from her toast, but she made a lot of jokes about our friendship (we didn’t exactly like each other when we first met), my dating history and blog (I used to bring my dates to the bar where she bartended when we were both living in NYC), and finally how happy she was that Mr. Ly and I found each other—and how well matched we are. She wanted to mention the pregnancy, since she and I have the exact same due date—but since not all our guests knew, I didn’t want people to find out through a wedding toast. (Better to find out through our thank you note!)

It was short and sweet, and full of laughter and heartfelt moments—all in all, the perfect toast.

Then our Best Man made his speech. I’ll be honest, before the wedding I was a little nervous about the Best Man’s speech. Mr. Ly and I have sat through some horrendous best man speeches—too long, filled with jokes no one really gets, or just wildly inappropriate. Not that I thought our best man would do this, but I did have some concerns. Thankfully, he also kept it short and sweet. He said some touching things about his friendship with Mr. Ly and how he knew from the beginning of our relationship that Mr. Ly and I were meant to be. He provoked some tears from our guests, and didn’t talk for too long.

Overall, both of our toasts were not too long or embarrassing, but meaningful and touching. They were both great tributes to our relationship and how it grew from the beginning—from each side’s perspective. We laughed, shed a few tears, and toasted the start of a beautiful marriage!

Did anyone else have any unfounded (or founded) fears about their toasts before they were given??

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I had similar fears but they were also unfounded! I really started to panic when our MC asked ‘Would anyone else like to say a few words?’ but…as the video shows….I’m so glad he did because what happened was seriously hilarious. (PS: I’m a cat lady)